what did you think of using the strap to overclock, most of what i read was that its only use is to accommodate odd ram speeds like 2000mhz

was fine tbh had no issues like i said was running at 4.6 before 100x46 what i thought was stable, then had 5 freezes (no BSOD just a lockup) during warmaster today (assume it was the CPU) so changed a few things and thought I would try a stap coverclock seems to be running fine tbh

Somebody help me out here: I've been looking for the past half hour trying to find a definitive answer on what voltage and speed I can safely overclock the 950 to and I can't seem to find a consensus...

The most common I can find is 1.45v and 4.5GHz, but I'm not sure I wanna go that high, I'd be fine with 4.0GHz.

The x58 Extreme3 has preconfigured values in the BIOS, but I tried to use the 3.6GHz setting and my PC went into a reboot loop.

I found this guide and plan on trying it tonight, but I wanted to see what you guys thought in the meantime. I also just found this review of the Hyper 212+, they used my CPU at 4GHz, but the temps seem pretty high (averages ranging from 65C to 80C =/).

Somebody help me out here: I've been looking for the past half hour trying to find a definitive answer on what voltage and speed I can safely overclock the 950 to and I can't seem to find a consensus...

The most common I can find is 1.45v and 4.5GHz, but I'm not sure I wanna go that high, I'd be fine with 4.0GHz.

Honestly, just because someone else got 4.5GHz out of 1.45v does not mean you will, never use someone else's voltages.

I believe 1.4v on air is when you start pushing up pretty high, 1.42-1.44 is really high for air cooling, and beyond that it's optimal to have liquid cooling or the like.

This is what I learned through watching Timetolivecustoms' videos where he has tested air coolers on an i7-950, with 1.4v, 1.42v, and 1.44v, I believe. I can't remember the clock speeds, though.

I messed with it for about an hour last night - to no avail. No matter what settings I use, after I save and exit the BIOS it goes into a infinite boot loop... Won't even show me the screen to boot to the BIOS, it just starts, fans start spinning, then restarts, over and over. I have to flip the switch on the PSU to get back into the BIOS and set it to normal clock speed.